Alberta Trivia Quiz Answers

Alberta Trivia Quiz Answers:

1. What is Alberta's Motto? "strong and free"

2. When was the Provincial Flag adopted? June 1, 1968

3. What are the official colours of Alberta? Blue and gold/deep yellow. (1984)

4. What do these colours represent? Blue for the sky and gold/deep yellow for the prairies.

5. What is the official stone of Alberta? "Petrified Wood" (1977)

6. When was the "Sheild of Arms" adopted? May 30, 1907 by Royal Warrant

7. What is the official Mammal of Alberta? "The Big Horned Sheep" (August 18, 1989)

8. What is the official flower? "The Wild Rose" (1930)

9. What is the official Tree? "Lodgepole Pine" (May 30, 1984)

10. What is the official Bird? "Great Horned Owl" (May 3, 1977 by a province wide children's vote)

11. What is the official Fish? "Bull Trout" (May 2, 1995)

12. What is the official Grass? "Rough Fescue" (April 30, 2003)

13. Alberta's Tartan (1961):
Green: Alberta's Forests
Gold: Alberta's Wheat Fields
Blue: Alberta's Skies and Sparkling Lakes
Pink: Alberta's Wild Rose
Black: Alberta's Coal and Petroleum


HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY ALBERTA!!!!!!!!!

Hope you enjoyed this little trivia quiz on our beautiful province.

An Alberta Trivia Quiz

We all know that Alberta is celebrating its centennial this week, so I thought that a trivia quiz just might be appropriate. So here goes.......

1. What is Alberta's Motto?

2. When was the Provincial Flag adopted?

3. What are the official colours of Alberta?

4. What do these colours represent?

5. What is the official Stone of Alberta?

6. The "Sheild of Arms" found in the center of the flag features the wheat feilds, grassy prairies, foothills, snow capped mountains and the blue skies topped by a red St. George's Cross. When was it adopted?

7. What is the official Mammal of Alberta?

8. What is Alberta's official flower?

9. What is the official Tree?

10. What is the official Bird?

11. What is the official Fish?

12. What type of Grass is Alberta's official grass?

13. Alberta's official Tartan was designed by the Edmonton Rehabilitation Society for the Handicapped and recognized by an Act of the Legislature in 1961. What do the colours represent?

GREEN:

GOLD:

BLUE:

PINK:

BLACK:

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will post the answers tomorrow or the day after.

A Sunday Drive


Bruce and I jumped into the "Cruiser" and headed down Highway 16 in search of Vegreville today. Bruce had never been there before.


















Vegreville is the Home of the Largest Ukrainian Easter Egg (Pysynka).
























In the park was an old Train Caboose.




Also, a tree that was growing sideways along the grass.

After leaving the park we were stopped by a "Blizzard". The DQ Reese Peanut Butter Cup kind!!!!!!!

We then headed back west on the highway and made a stop in Mundare...Home of the "World's Largest Sausage" Rather disgusting!!

Then we headed back home to the Critters.

All in all, a good day was had by both Bruce and myself.

Hope you enjoy this picture story of our day!!!!

Maybe Summer's Here????

I am thinking that maybe we are about to get some summer weather here in the north......finally. The forcast for the next few days is nice with a chance of showers a couple of the days next week. Yesterday it was a wonderful 27 C. Today 24 C. A wonderful change from earlier this week when I had the furnace on in the house. I should be outside pulling weeds or something wonderful like that!!!

I think that a nice barbequed steak would be nice for supper tonight. I might be able to convince Bruce to cook them.

He has been working so hard at the bowling centre all summer. Now the leagues are about to begin again. We hosted the "World Master Games" at the end of July. 10 pin bowling did not have the participation that was expected, but I think that everyone had a good time. I helped out in the back room. I have gotten a reputation of doing well with the monies for tournaments and was asked to help in that department. It's fun playing with all that money. Maybe I should have been a banker.

Bruce and I are going to bowl together on Monday nights this year. He is going to bowl Tuesdays and I am going to bowl on Thursday's with Jill and Ryan. That starts in a couple of weeks. I hope that the league on Thursday nights is better than last year. With the new no-smoking bylaw in this city, it could get interesting if the bowlers think that they are going to go outside and smoke between games. Even as a smoker, I think we can wait the 2 hours and go after bowling is over.

I think that is all I can ramble on about for now. I hope that this posting doesn't disappear like the last one.

What Do You Think Of Brownies???

I was thinking about "brownies" tonight. It probably has to do with the fact that I have one third of this cookie sheet sized pan of brownies sitting in the freezer. They are soooo good. The calorie count is quite possibly out of this world though. So, instead of going and getting one to eat I thought I would write about them. Joanne (my baby) would probably be quite jealous that we have some here as she's the reason I copied the recipe down and first made them. Instead of being the"Barefoot Contessas" brownies they are quickly becoming mine. That happens sometimes when a recipe you come across somewhere and make a few times, becomes your own. I had that happen with a chocolate chip cookie recipe quite a few years ago. Now my girls call them "Moms" chocolate chip cookies.

Anyway, back to the Brownies. There is so much chocolate in them. Close to 2 1/2 pounds to be more accurate. Then there's the sugar and walnuts. They really are to die for. In my lifetime I have had the opportunity to bake and/or eat dozens of different brownies and in my opinion these are, by far,the best!!!!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! Chocolate, my biggest downfall.

Global Warming?????

They say that there is a Global Warming trend here on earth. It is really hard to believe when for the second week in a row I have had to turn on the furnace. We have gone from 30 degrees C on Sunday to a chilly 13 degrees C today. We haven't even really experienced summer yet and fall is just around the corner. Before we know it, the snow will fly and Christmas will be upon us. YUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know that fall is upon us when bowling season is set to begin. We have our "free" week next week. It seems that we just finished the season. There was a time when I couldn't wait for the bowling season to begin. Now it is just a reminder that winter is right around the corner.

Winter in this part of the world can be rather long. It doesn't seem to be as cold as it was when I was a child, but it seems like it will never end sometimes. We can get our first snowfall at any time, sometimes as early as September and there has been many a year when we have had huge snowfalls in May. Closer to the mountains snow can come as early as August and as later in the year as June. The higher elevations of the Rockie Mountains got snow yesterday.

Global Warming??????????? I'm not so sure about that!

Well here I go with my first posting on this thing called a blog. Everyone is asleep in the house right now except me. Bruce is sleeping. All the animals are asleep in their favorite spot of the day. Soonie and Clara on the 2 beds, Oscar on one if the dining room chairs and Radar on the kitchen floor or perhaps the front entrance floor.

This house can be a bit crazy at times even with just 2 adults, 3 cats and one very old puppy. These days we are quite concerned with the dog. He has been losing his hair for the past several months. In the past year or so he has also become almost deaf and has lost his spark. I won't take him to the vet because I don't want to know what is really wrong with him. He is 14 years old and I know that the day is going to come in the near future for us to make that decision. He has slowed down alot, but remains pretty happy and eats, drinks and does his business. He doesn't seem to be in any pain. Enough of that, it makes me sad and teary-eyed. The cats on the other hand are all active and relatively healthy. We are trying to get Soonie (Bassoon) to lose weight. I think that over the past couple of weeks I have brushed 5 pounds of hair from her. Clara, our only outdoor cat, is either in the house sleeping or grabbing a quick bite or outside. Then there is the baby....Oscar. I am only his temporary guardian until his mommy and daddy can take him with them.

I guess that's about it for today. I guess I should let some people know that I exsist here in blogdom.